Beirut, imagining the city space and place in Lebanese literature
Beirut is the cultural, commercial and economic hub of Lebanon. But to what extent has the city affected and shaped the formation and perceptions of Lebanese national identity? Ghenwa Hayek here explores how anxieties over the past, present and future of Beirut have been articulated through a sense...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York, NY :
I.B. Tauris
2015.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Written culture and identity ; 2. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b42528793*spi |
| Sumario: | Beirut is the cultural, commercial and economic hub of Lebanon. But to what extent has the city affected and shaped the formation and perceptions of Lebanese national identity? Ghenwa Hayek here explores how anxieties over the past, present and future of Beirut have been articulated through a sense of dislocation present in Lebanese writing since the 1960s. Drawing on theories of cultural studies, geography and history, the author uses an interdisciplinary framework to explore the role that spaces - from rural to urban - have played and continue to play in the defining, and re-defining, of nat. |
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| Descripción Física: | xi, 268 p. : il |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 247-260) e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9780857736703 9780857725325 |
